yoke and joystick

[Robert1936]

I am about to acquire a Thrustmaster T16000 joystick to fly the Aerosoft A320. Currently I have a Saitek yoke with throttles and rudder pedals. I'd like to use the Saitek gear for general flying and the grandsons are learning on the Saitek setup. Do I need physically to remove all the Saitek hardware in order to install and use the Thrustmaster, or is there some way I can install them in parallel and assign each a mode in FSX that I can change depending on the aircraft?

Grateful for some guidance from older flying hands.

Robert

[Double J]

As long as you have enough USB ports you can leave them all plugged IN . FSX will recognize them all in the control settings. I have a joystick, yoke, pedals and two throttle quads all plugged in...plus mouse and keyboard. The more buttons you have the more you will forget what they are for. :cool:

[Robert1936]

Thanks Double J.

 

Robert

[evm]

For setups like these I'm using FSUIPC (paid version). You can set up individual profiles per airplane with what every controller is supposed to do.

 

Example: If I load an NGX I have the yoke controlling the surfaces and the joystick to the side works as the tiller. If I load up the Aerosoft Airbus the joystick controls the surfaces and the yoke does nothing. I have a lot of external controllers for emulating everything from single prop TPM, single or double enging jet fighter, all kinds of airliners up to 4 engine turboprops or jets with individual reversers and tiller. Without this tool I would have lost a lot of hair. So it was just the challenge to move the controller and assign a function to it, save it to the profile.

[ScatterbrainKid]

I've had joysticks for years and never use their buttons, as I prefer simply hitting standard keyboard keys instead because they never ever change regardless of what stick or yoke you plug in.

Life's much simpler that way..:)